{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1988","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Extension of the Contract","number":"1988","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1988/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE II - CONTRACTS FOR THE CUSTODY, USE OR POSSESSION OF THINGS","chapter":"Chapter 2. - Lease","section":"Section 1. - Lease of a Movable","paragraph":"Paragraph 1. - General Provisions."},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Where, on the expiration of a contract of lease entered into for a fixed term, the lessee remains in possession of the movable leased and the lessor does not claim its return, the contract of lease shall be deemed to have been extended by the parties for an indeterminate period on the same terms as the original contract.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1988/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":556,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/556/?article=1988&paragraph=p1#article-1988-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"In such case, third parties who have guaranteed the performance of the original contract shall be released from their liabilities.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1988/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":556,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/556/?article=1988&paragraph=p2#article-1988-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}